Honestly...again

I need to be honest with myself again.  I need to sort out my thoughts.  Again, what do I honestly carry with me every day?  What speaks to my heart and gets me through the day?

From my favorite book Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World, the author Joanna Weaver talks about "The Practical Power of 'One Thing'".  It is a magnet on my refrigerator and a constant thought in my head.     She lists a few steps, but the one that is always on the tip of my tongue "Ask God to reveal the next step".  When the moments start to overwhelm me or I feel I can't get it all done, I continually ask God to reveal the next step to me.  After I get dressed, what next?  After I do the dishes, what next?  After the boy and I play memory, what next?  

Then, after that right behind those thoughts is one of the other steps.  "Have faith that what needs to get done will get done."  Weaver says "Then trust that what wasn't accomplished was either unnecessary or is being taken care of by God."  Let's repeat that...over and over and over...  If I can't get it done, but I have prayed, then it is taken care of.  Whatever it is is in the hands of God.  

It's hard to say I carry those thoughts with me, it's more like I'm using them.  They are in my hands and the words on my lips all the time.  When did I start thinking I could always get everything done?  I can't, but I can do what needs to be done.

Honestly...

I have to be honest.  Sometimes I tend to over think things.  I look for the theological connection way too much.  Not that God isn't everywhere and in everything.  I just tend to forget the simple truths that I know.  Yesterday we were driving into town and I was thinking about things and looking for connections. I was pondering and thinking I should blog about this or that.  In the end though I had to ask myself...What do you honestly carry with you?  What truths do I honestly carry with me every day about my faith?  I can make millions of connections but in the end what do I honestly remember.  What comes with me each and every day.  I honestly remember...

Create in me a clean heart O God and renew a right spirit within me.  

It's Psalm 51:10.  I honestly have carried this with me since I could read.  Since I understood liturgy at our church.  We say this almost every week depending on what setting we use.  I can say I have heard this since before I was born.  I make the connection between the forgiveness of my sins and the love of God, honestly.

To be continued...